This poem may have been written to compete with a similar one by Horace Smith. An unnamed man tells the speaker that the subject's creator had correctly identified "the hand that mocked" and "the heart that fed." This poem's speaeker describes a "wrinkled lip" and a "sneer of cold command." The head of this poem's central figure is [*] shattered and lies "half sunk" in the sands, which "stretch far way" around the "colossal wreck," while "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" in the desert are all that remain. Containing an inscription that reads, "Look on my works, ye
This poem may have been written to compete with a similar one by Horace Smith. An unnamed man tells the speaker that the subject's creator had correctly identified "the hand that mocked" and "the heart that fed." This poem's speaeker describes a "wrinkled lip" and a "sneer of cold command." The head of this poem's central figure is [*] shattered and lies "half sunk" in the sands, which "stretch far way" around the "colossal wreck," while "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" in the desert are all that remain. Containing an inscription that reads, "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!," for 10 points, name this Percy Shelley poem about a fallen statue.
This poem may have been written to compete with a similar one by Horace Smith.
{“Ozymandias”}